Summary:
The Marsing Joint District is a small, mostly rural Idaho school district serving roughly 816 students across three schools: Marsing Elementary School (PK–5), Marsing Middle School (6–8), and Marsing High School (9–12), with the district overall ranking 60th out of 101 Idaho districts and earning a 2-star rating.
Of the three, Marsing Middle School is the clear standout. It ranks in the 54th percentile of Idaho middle schools with a 3-star rating, and it is the only school in the district beating state averages in both math (43.9% vs. 43.1%) and English language arts (57.8% vs. 54.0%). Its 6th graders are especially strong in math. Marsing High School also has bright spots: it posts excellent attendance — just 4.3% chronic absenteeism, about a third of the state rate — and strong ELA scores (66.1% vs. 61.3% state). However, its state ranking has been highly volatile, falling from a 5-star, 91st-percentile rank in 2023–24 to a 2-star rank since, and science proficiency lags far behind the state (32.7% vs. 41.2%). The elementary school is the biggest concern: it ranks in the 21st percentile with a 1-star rating, and math and ELA proficiency each dropped sharply this year.
Resource gaps help explain these differences. The elementary school has the highest poverty rate (70.6% free/reduced lunch), the largest class sizes (21.4 students per teacher), and the lowest per-student spending ($7,814), while the high school has the lowest poverty and highest spending. Chronic absenteeism is a district strength across all schools, and even in a high-poverty district, the middle and high schools manage to meet or exceed state ELA averages. For parents, the middle school is the strongest choice academically, the high school is excellent for attendance and ELA but inconsistent overall, and the elementary school is in need of additional support.
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